The mandate of heaven
A. positioned China as a theocracy ruled by priests.
B. created the notion of the Chinese emperors as gods.
C. gave the Chinese emperors unlimited power.
D. allowed the ruler to serve as a link between the heavens and the earth.
E. originated with the Indo-Europeans before they reached China.
Answer: D
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a. the division of Germany. b. the continued Soviet occupation of eastern Europe after the war. c. the treatment of Germans involved in the execution of Jews. d. the spread of communism into China. e. the decision to allow the Soviet Union and China into the United Nations.
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